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Trump executive orders are marching towards the Supreme Court
The Trump Administration’s recent successes with its executive orders in the U.S. Supreme Court were mostly temporary victories around the edges of core constitutional questions. Now those questions are on a steady march back to the high court demanding clear answers.
Justice Thomas lobs a legal grenade at a major civil rights law
Throughout his long tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas often has used his dissenting and concurring opinions to lob legal grenades at…
Supreme Court’s injunction decision a major blow to efforts to block executive policies but not the end
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday limiting federal judges’ ability to temporarily block President Trump’s executive orders ultimately may do little for…
Supreme Court rules parents can opt out children from LGBTQ storybooks in classrooms
A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a Maryland public school board likely violated the First Amendment rights of parents who wished to have their…
Is the Supreme Court’s silence failing to turn “square corners” in immigration cases?
In a 1920 Supreme Court decision, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that “men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.” In a 2020…
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